The Blessings of Wisdom
Proverbs 3:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
- KJV
- She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
- WEB
- She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
- ASV
- She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
- LSV
- She [is] precious above rubies, || And all your pleasures are not comparable to her.
- YLT
- Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
- DBY
- She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.
- DRC
- She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.
- GNV
- It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
- JPS
- She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
- LXXE
- And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads מִפְּנִיִ֑ים; read aloud (Qere) reads מִפְּנִינִ֑ים (“more than jewels”).
- Written (Ketiv): מִפְּנִיִּים. Read aloud (Qere): מִפְּנִינִ֑ים (“more than jewels”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- יְקָ֣רָה הִ֭יא מפניים וְכָל־חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א יִֽשְׁווּ־בָֽהּ׃Read aloud as (qere): מִפְּנִינִ֑ים
- LXX-Br
- Τιμιωτέρα δέ ἐστι λίθων πολυτελῶν, οὐκ ἀντιτάξεται αὐτῇ οὐδὲν πονηρόν· εὔγνωστός ἐστι πᾶσι τοῖς ἐγγίζουσιν αὐτῇ, πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστι.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
- Proverbs 31:10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- Romans 8:18I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
- Psalms 73:25–26Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Job 28:18Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
- Proverbs 20:15There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
- Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
- Matthew 13:44–46The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in…
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